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Legal action launched over Qld oil spill

Commonwealth prosecutors are taking legal action against the master and owner of a ship allegedly responsible for an oil spill near the Great Barrier Reef two years ago.

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has opted to pursue proceedings in Townsville for the alleged pollution in July 2015, which saw up to 15 tonnes of oil wash ashore near Cape Upstart.

The ship company owner, Panama-based Globex Shipping, and its master, Kuk Hyun Jang, are each charged with two offences under the Protection of the Sea Act.

The Queensland government says the legal action sends a strong message to potential polluters, who could be fined up to $17 million under the commonwealth law.

The oil-affected sites including Forrest Beach on the mainland, Hinchinbrook Island and the Palm Island Group.

The court proceedings come after a 12-month investigation that pinpointed 17 ships which had been in the area 72 hours before the spill.

"Investigators tracked down these individual ships, many of which were on international voyages, checked on-board records, interviewed crews and took oil samples for elimination testing against samples from the spill," Ports Minister Mark Bailey said.